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mandrake Definition

man·drake (mandrāk′)

noun

  1. a poisonous plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, found in Mediterranean regions: it has purple or white flowers and a thick root, often forked, formerly used in medicine for its narcotic and emetic properties
  2. the root, formerly thought to have magic powers because of its fancied resemblance to the human body
  3. May apple

Etymology: ME mondrake, altered by folk etym. (by assoc. with man + drake, dragon) < mandrag(g)e < OE mandragora < LL < L mandragoras < Gr

mandrake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • uproot: There was an old saying that people who uprooted the mandrake would die within a year.
  • use: There is for example a manufacturing aerospace company with 400 employees which uses Mandrake for most its intranet servers.
  • find: In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah.
  • have: As well as lotus they had mandrake and cannabis, and there is a strong suggestion the also used opium.

Modifies a noun

  • root: Ditto the mandrake root wasn't in the ancient wyvern pocket until his shade showed me.
  • linux: The quest for improving my mandrake linux installation ended up a long time to update Update, update, update.
  • plant: The mandrake plant was first introduced into Britain about the 11th century, but its fame had gone before it.
  • charm: In one of its various forms the mandrake charm survives to this day.
  • installation: The quest for improving my mandrake linux installation ended up a long time to update Update, update, update.
  • user: Mandrake Mandrake users can get packages for all of the video programs from the Penguin Liberation Front web site.

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